Food and drink มันฝรั่ง man-fà-ràng
potato noun
- man mid
- fà low
- ràng low
- Low: flat and lower than your normal voice, dropping a little at the end.
Classifier: หัวhǔa · head
Parts: มันman root vegetable, tuber ฝรั่งfà-ràng Western, foreign
How to use it
Literally a "Western tuber". มันman covers starchy roots: sweet potato is มันเทศman-têet and cassava มันสำปะหลังman-sǎm-bpà-lǎng. Fries and crisps are both มันฝรั่งทอดman-fà-ràng tâwt, "fried potatoes".
In Thai cooking, potatoes are the soft chunks in massaman and yellow curry.
Other spellings you'll see
There's no single official way to write Thai in English letters. We mark the tone of every syllable; online you'll also find:
- munfarang
More food and drink in Thai
All food and drink- ข้าว kâao Rice
- ข้าวเหนียว kâao-nǐaw Sticky rice
- ข้าวเหนียวมะม่วง kâao-nǐaw má-mûang Mango sticky rice
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